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Brussels wants to simplify and reduce the administrative burden for businesses in order to improve European competitiveness. Brussels is proposing a formula for improving European competitiveness: simplifying and reducing the administrative burden on companies.According to a working plan by the European Commission, the first areas that will be impacted include important pieces of legislation such as sustainability due diligence, which ensures companies address human rights and the environmental impact of their actions.Another affected area is taxonomy, which defines the criteria for economic activities to be aligned with a net zero trajectory.”There is much at stake. Without simpler and more cost-effective…
PARIS — Les dirigeants dans le monde ne craignent pas que l’intelligence artificielle entraîne l’extinction de l’humanité ou qu’elle soit utilisée à mauvais escient par des terroristes. Ils semblaient beaucoup plus préoccupés par le fait de ne pas gagner la course mondiale à l’IA, lorsqu’ils se sont réunis au Sommet pour l’action sur l’intelligence artificielle qui s’est tenu à Paris cette semaine. Le président français Emmanuel Macron, le vice-président américain JD Vance, le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi, la présidente de la Commission européenne Ursula von der Leyen et le ministre britannique de la Technologie Peter Kyle ont tous mis…
Scholz’s comment reportedly came during a discussion about the CDU’s decision to pass migration-related measures in parliament with votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, a development that has dominated the election debate and which Scholz has also sharply criticized in public. Arguing the CDU alignment with the AfD broke a major taboo in German politics, Scholz was cited as saying it was evidence the CDU was sliding further toward fascism. Chialo challenged him, asking whether he really believed the CDU was a racist party when he sits in the party’s leadership. “Every party has its court jester,”…
As many as 1,400 people were killed, mostly by the country’s security services, in demonstrations last summer against the now ousted leader Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh’s former government could be guilty of crimes of humanity, after its crackdown on protests last summer left as many as 1,400 people dead, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said. The student-led demonstrations against state corruption erupted at the start of July and continued until 15 August, when Sheikh Hasina, the country’s long-serving leader, fled to India. In a report published on Wednesday, the OHCHR said that Bangladesh’s intelligence and security services had “systematically…
Nearly the entire world is exposed to air at some point that doesn’t meet the strict standards set by the World Health Organization. Everyone loves a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh.While air quality varies dramatically from place to place and day to day, nearly the entire world – about 99 per cent of the global population – is exposed to air at some point that doesn’t meet the strict standards set by the World Health Organization. Polluted air, laden with noxious gasses or tiny, invisible particles that burrow into human bodies, kills…
In his latest offer to the ÖVP Wednesday, Kickl offered it more ministries than his own party would get, though insisting on the key posts of interior and finance. In its counteroffer, the ÖVP wanted to keep the finance and interior ministries, but offered the FPÖ the asylum and migration portfolios — an offer Kickl subsequently rejected. Van der Bellen could now appoint a technocratic government — or Austria could be poised for a new election. Another possibility remains: that the ÖVP resume coalition talks (which first broke down in early January) with the Social Democratic Party, the Greens and…
Referring to a peace plan for Ukraine, Merz said in a televised debate on Sunday: “We have to wait and see what the American government is planning. Apparently, it wants to present proposals at the Munich Security Conference next weekend … I’m very curious.” Trade is expected to be another key focus. Trump enacted new 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the U.S. earlier this week, a move that will significantly impact Germany’s export-oriented businesses and significantly escalate the trade war between Brussels and Washington. Merz will also meet with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, the European Union’s…
Donning his wig: Starmer, for perhaps the first time this century, said Badenoch was “right” and confirmed he disagreed with the decision. But he added: “She hasn’t quite done her homework because the decision in question was taken under the last government.” Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is, he said, looking at closing the “legal loophole” that’s allowed this to happen. However, the PM remained super-vague on whether the government will actively appeal the court’s ruling. Battle over borders: “We cannot be in a situation where we allow enormous numbers of people to exploit our laws in this way,” Badenoch thundered.…
11 of the 16 longlisted authors are British, with a selection of reads that draw on a range of disciplines and “expertly steer us through the most pressing issues of our time”. The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction has announced its 2025 longlist, including the Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, British-Chinese member of parliament Yuan Yang and American Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum. Of the 16 authors nominated for the £30,000 (€35,000) prize, 11 are British, with a selection of books that offer “insight into new experiences and perspectives, and that bring overlooked stories back to life and recognition,” Kavita Puri, this year’s…
“The state devalues all those who voluntarily joined the army at the beginning of a full-scale war,” Masi Nayyem, a Ukrainian serviceman and prominent lawyer, said in a Facebook post. “It seems that when choosing between unpopular decisions, they decided to neglect the motivation of those already in service,” added Nayyem, who has served in the armed forces for years and lost an eye in combat with the Russian military. Ukraine’s defense ministry launched the “Contract 18-24” project this week. The initiative promises new joiners about €23,000, of which around €4,600 is paid immediately and the rest across a period…